Procurement Contract Manager

Description:

• Provide day-to-day contract administration support and manage and administer the full life cycle of the procurement and contracts processes.
• Draft complex legally binding contracts, agreements, or instruments such as non-disclosure, teaming and lease agreements, purchase orders, contracts and subcontracts utilizing both custom and standard terms and conditions.
• Assist staff in negotiating contract terms and conditions ensuring that they are as favorable to business interests as possible, minimize risk and are in compliance with applicable laws, regulations, policies and procedures.
• Assess, evaluate, analyze, and interpret contract or agreement terms and conditions and recommend alternative language, solutions and/or assist in resolving any supplier risk compliance, or performance issues, as necessary.
• Exercise good judgment in selecting the best contracting methods, techniques, and evaluation criteria for obtaining results.
• Serve as a subject matter expert in procurement and contracting and develops standards for legally binding agreements, contracts, policies, procedures, templates, tools, and systems.
• Examine, evaluate, and participate in developing and negotiating contracts, and provide technical advice and guidance to minimize risk, ensure compliance with laws, regulations, and policies, and realize operational effectiveness and efficiency in these functional areas.
• Provide subject matter expertise, advice, recommendations, training and guidance to staff and management on contractual and procurement related issues, policies, procedures, issues, and systems.
• Own the procurement process and support various procurement functions such as strategic sourcing, subcontracting, vendor file management, and assist staff in drafting of requests for proposals, specifications, terms of reference, evaluation criteria and sole source justifications.
• Assist clients in ensuring that for all contracts and procurement actions, appropriate documentation is obtained, tracked, and maintained within corporate databases, contracts or purchasing (business) systems in an accurate, systematic, and timely manner.
• Provide quality assurance and oversight to global contract and procurement-related functions by evaluating and identifying gaps in legal instruments, policies, procedures, business systems, processes, or tools, and recommend and implement updates and/or improvements ensuring organizational efficiency, effectiveness, and standardization.
• Research unique legal or contractual issues impacting the organization regarding contract, procurement, regulatory, trademark, intellectual property, and other international and corporate issues by identifying related best practices statutes, regulations, judicial decisions, or codes - Have the ability to understand and interpret basic legal concepts and explain legal language to staff.
• Establish and maintain positive working relationships with internal and external clients and stakeholders including program managers, field leaders, and management.
• Travel to country or stakeholder offices as necessary.
• any other duties as assigned.